Ischemia Causes Back Pain

Ischemia is the technical medical term for
oxygen deprivation back pain.
The term comes from the Greek words isch meaning restriction and hema meaning blood. The body can suffer blood restriction to any of its systems or tissues.

There are many purely physical reasons for oxygen deprivation to
occur, including disease processes and circulatory concerns. However,
one of the most common types of regional oxygen deprivation is due to a
mindbody causation. This explains why this common source of suffering
is rarely correctly identified as the true underlying symptomatic
process which is responsible for creating many dorsopathy conditions.

What is Ischemia?

Oxygen deprivation is a process that can cause pain and neurological
symptoms in almost any location of the body. All human tissues need
oxygen in order to function properly.

Oxygen is delivered throughout the body by means of the
circulatory system. Oxygen is breathed in through the lungs. Blood runs
through the lungs and becomes oxygenated. This blood is sent to
deliver oxygen to all the systems and parts of the anatomy. The power
to pump this blood is provided by the heart.

Circulation is achieved by the precise control of the diameter of
individual blood vessels. The regulatory power over the heart rate and
dilation of blood vessels is controlled by the autonomic system. The
autonomic system is controlled by the subconscious mind. This is where things get interesting.

What Causes Ischemia?

Physical causes for oxygen deprivation include:

Injury or compression to blood vessels can prevent
oxygenated blood from reaching its target. This process can be caused
by external or internal pressure from cancer, trauma, muscular
interaction, stenosis or vascular constriction.

Blood clots (Thromboembolism) can stop blood from flowing in an artery or vein.

Heart problems can create oxygen deprivation. If
blood can not be adequately pumped, then oxygen deprivation will result.
Low blood pressure (Hypotension) can result from several causes.
Heart attack (myocardial infarction) can stop the heart from beating all
together.

Clogged arteries (Atherosclerosis) can prevent blood from reaching its destination.

All these are very serious health problems. If you
suspect that you might be suffering from any of these conditions, get to
a doctor or hospital immediately.

Mindbody-Enacted Ischemia

One of the most common types of oxygen deprivation is caused by the
subconscious mind, using the autonomic system. The subconscious will
create this condition as a defense mechanism against sensitive
unresolved emotional issues. The subconscious mind will use the
physical symptoms as a way to prevent conscious realization of emotional
issues it chooses to repress.

The subconscious can create this type of pain through a subtle
process that leaves almost no evidence. A few simple and subtle
contractions of targeted blood vessels and oxygen deprivation begins.
All the bodily systems served by those small blood vessels will suffer
reduced oxygenation and resulting physical symptoms. The effect can be
extremely painful, yet the process is nearly invisible to medical
science. This type of pain is most often
misdiagnosed
as coming from some coincidental
scapegoat condition.

Evidence of this process has been found in cells of chronic pain
and fibromyalgia sufferers. The changes are remarkably similar to
alterations seen in the leg muscle cells of long distance runners. The
cell loses actual integrity and functionality due to a lack of
oxygenation.

The result is pain, spasm and a variety of neurological
effects, such as tingling, weakness or numbness of the subjective or
objective varieties.

Ischemia Experiences

I suffered from this type of
chronic
and
acute back pain
for decades before learning what it was or how to treat it. My doctors
never suggested that this might be the cause of my pain. Instead, they
blamed
herniated discs
and
degenerative disc disease
for all my suffering. The pain was so bad that I really thought I
would end my days at an early age with complete disability.

Luckily, I discovered that I was actually suffering from
psychologically induced
oxygen deprivation back pain. I was able to cure myself in a
matter of weeks. This was a virtual miracle, since I had run the
gauntlet of medical treatments for a full 18 years with no success or
relief.

I used Dr. Sarno's method of knowledge therapy,
which provided several years of complete bliss without any symptoms
whatsoever. However, some degree of pain eventually returned due to a complex
mixture of structural factors and life circumstances.

I know that my pain is likely to exist for both anatomical
and psychoemotional reasons. I worked to control both, given an
aging body full of injuries from full-contact martial arts and a back pain prone personality. I finally found a complete cure.

All patients should consider ischemia as a possible explanation for certain
types of chronic and treatment-defying pain, especially if traditional
diagnostic theories have not turned out to be correct.

Ischemia plays a vital role in the grand scheme of chronic pain and can act as a symptomatic exacerbator in even the most structurally-motivated pain syndromes. We detail this occurrence and provide proven ways to cure the condition in our Cure Back Pain Forever Program, which is conveniently available for download if you need immediate help with severe pain.

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